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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.101,P.27-44

语言

英文

关键字

Research productivity; Local externalities; Skill sorting; Peer effects; Knowledge spillovers; Co-author networks; Economics of science; HIGH WAGE WORKERS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY; MATHEMATICIANS; COLLABORATION; CLASSROOM; MOBILITY; OUTCOMES; FIRMS

作者单位

[Combes, Pierre-Philippe] Univ Lyon, Lyon, France. [Combes, Pierre-Philippe] Sci Po, Lyon, France. [Bosquet, Clement] Univ Cergy Pontoise, ThEMA, Cergy Pontoise, France. [Bosquet, Clement] LSE, SERC, Ecully, France. [Bosquet, Clement] Univ Cergy Pontoise, CNRS, ThEMA, UMR 8184, F-95000 Cergy Pontoise, France. [Bosquet, Clement] 33 Blvd Port, F-95011 Cergy Pontoise, France. [Combes, Pierre-Philippe] Univ Lyon, CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne UMR 5824, 93 Chemin Mouilles, F-69131 Ecully, France. [Combes, Pierre-Philippe] Sci Po, Dept Econ, 28 Rue St Peres, F-75007 Paris, France. [Combes, Pierre-Philippe] CEPR, London, England. Combes, PP (reprint author), Univ Lyon, Lyon, France.; Combes, PP (reprint author), Sci Po, Lyon, France.; Combes, PP (reprint author), Univ Lyon, CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne UMR 5824, 93 Chemin Mouilles, F-69131 Ecully, France.; Combes, PP (reprint author), Sci Po, Dept Econ, 28 Rue St Peres, F-75007 Paris, France.; Combes, PP (reprint author), CEPR, London, England. E-Mail: clement.bosquet@u-cergy.fr; ppcombes@gmail.com

摘要

Are agglomeration and peer effects at stake in academic research? To tackle this question, we study how departments' characteristics affect the quantity and quality of academics' publications in economics in France, controlling for individual time-varying characteristics and individual fixed effects. Department characteristics have an explanatory power at least equal to a quarter of that of individual characteristics and possibly as high as theirs. The quantity and quality of an academic's publications in a field increase with the presence of other academics specialised in that field and with the share of the department's publications output in that field. In contrast, department size, proximity to other large departments, homogeneity in terms of publication performance, presence of colleagues with connections abroad, and composition in terms of positions and age matter for some publication measures but only if not controlling for individual fixed effects. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.